
A Night With NPR’s Planet Money
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Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life
By Alex Mayyasi and the hosts of NPR's Planet Money
About the Event:
Author and longtime Planet Money contributor Alex Mayyasi and Wailin Wong, co-host of The Indicator from Planet Money, join us with brand new stories gathered from more than a decade of reporting, all drawn from the latest ideas in economics. Bringing Planet Money’s signature brand of storytelling to the stage, they’ll discuss unlikely origin stories, reveal truths about human behavior, and provide insightful suggestions for navigating chaotic times. They’ll be joined by special guests Adriana Robertson, finance expert and UChicago Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Business Law, as well as Greg Kaplan, UChicago Alvin H. Baum Professor of Economics.
Receive a tour-exclusive Planet Money tote with the purchase of your ticket!
A book signing will follow this event.
- Chicago Humanities is pleased to partner with Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstores, the country’s first not-for-profit bookstore.
- Tickets include a copy of Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life, which you pick up at the event by showing the book voucher in your receipt. Student, teacher, and Humanist Circle member tickets do not include a book, but anyone can add a book to their cart when selecting their tickets.
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Alex Mayyasi
Alex Mayyasi is a longtime contributor to Planet Money whose writing has been published in The Atlantic, Smithsonian, and Washingt...

Wailin Wong
Wailin Wong is a long-time business and economics journalist who's reported from a Chilean mountaintop, an embalming fluid fa...

Adriana Robertson
Adriana Robertson is the Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Business Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Her research intere...

Greg Kaplan
Greg Kaplan is the Alvin H. Baum Professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College at the University of ...
